Key Details

Dates for 2016

First Rounds : between Monday 3rd and Friday 7th October
Regional Finals : Saturday 12th November
Cup Final : Saturday 3th December

Event Brochure

This year we are not posting any information to schools because it is now too costly.
Instead we'll be emailing
all secondary school offices, and all the teachers who are already known to us,
to let you know when entries are open. You will need to
download the event details from the menu on the left - we hope to have these ready by the end of February.

Cup Final Location

Range High School, Formby, Lancashire

Age groups

Juniors (under 14)
Intermediates (under 16)

Entries

Entries must be made online only.

Entries Close

Sunday 19th June 2016.
We will not accept late entries.

The ESAA Cross Country Cup is a competition between school teams

A brochure is produced each year giving full details of the Cup Competition - download a copy from the
menu on the left, it should be available by the end of February.

Each school can enter one team in each of the following age groups:

Junior Boys (at least 12, but under 14 years)

Junior Girls (at least 12, but under 14 years)

Intermediate Boys (at least 14, but under 16 years)

Intermediate Girls (at least 14, but under 16 years)

Ages are as at 31st August at the end of the school year in which the competition is held.
Juniors are normally years 7 & 8, and Intermediates
are normally years 9 & 10. Don't forget that the years advance by one during the summer holidays, so when
entering before the closing date in June
you will be looking to take the current years 6 & 7, and 8 & 9 to the competition starting in October, ie. U14
must be under 14 on 31st August 2017, and U16 must be under 16 on 31st August 2017.

The competition is held in 3 rounds

Preliminary rounds are held between teams within each County - there
may be a number of competitions held within each County depending on the number of teams entered.

At least 2 teams in each first round competition progress to one of 8 Regional Finals.

At least 2 teams from each Regional Final then progress to the Cup Final.

Each team can nominate 6 athletes to run, of which the first 4 finishing count towards team scores.

Entries

Entering teams, and all event administration, is done online, we can no longer afford to post anything.
In order to access the online entry form
you will need to use a school-based email address so that we can verify that you are a teacher at your
school. You no longer need a security code. Further details will be shown on the online entry form which
will become available during March.